Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-10
STRICTLY BUSINESS.
The Fort Worth Union Stcckyards
Company Organized with q Capt.
tai Steck Of 100000.
Prominent Railroad Men of the Country
and Citizens of Fort Worth the
Directors I'm Charge.

In the month OF June THE GAZETTE
published an interview with r Z. Mad
dox in which that gentleman took strong
grounds in favor of establishing extern
s,ve Union stock yards in this city. The
GAZETTE urged the matter and finally the
Merchants and Manufacturers Bureau
appointed a committee to take the matter
in hand, and well have they done the work.
Experienced stockmen like Captain S: b.
Burnett gave the enterprise their hearty
support, while Colonel L. D. Voak OF the
Missouri Pacific, General Dodge ana
Colonel Morgan Jones of the Fort Worth
and Denver, worked like Trolans to push
the matter 10 q successful issue. In the
meantime, Colonel Peter Smith, with the
foresight for which he is famous,
had secured $50 acres of land
on the Trinity river accessible 10 all the
! railroads centering at Fort Worth and
located better than any stock yards in the
United States. This land was made over
to trustee Captain E. B Harold for the
benefit of the company and on July 26
the Fort Worth Union Stock Yards Com
pany was duly chartered by
the state of Texas. The CAPT,
tai stock of the company WAS
placed at 100000, divided into 200e
shares OF 500 each, the incorporation to
continue for fifty years. The board OF
directors consists of nine men,
and is composed of the following gentle
men: Governor John c. Brown of the
Texas and Pacific, Colonel Morgan
Jones of the Fort Worth and
Denver, R. C. Kerens OF St. Louis,
| first vice president of the st. Louis, Ar
kansas and Texas; L. D. Vosk, general
live stock agent Of the Missouri Pacitic
j. J. MulIane, commercial agent OF the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe; J. P. Smith,
j. ". Burgess, R E. Maddox and E. 3.
Harold. With such board OF directors
nothing but unboundcd and unqualified
success need be expected. Yesterday q
| msiorlty of this board met and the COM
pany was fully organized.
On motion Colonel Morgan Jones was
called to the chair and Ed. J. Smith ap-
pointed secretary pro tenn. Colonel
Smith moved that the directors 60 into
On election for president and secretary,
when J. W. Burgess WAS elected presi-
dent and L. E. Maddox secretary.
A motion was carried that books OF
subscription to the capital stock be
opened at once.
A committee consisting Of L. D. Voak,
Colonel J. ?. Smith and r. E. Maddox
was appointed to frame bylaws Tor the
government of the company.
On motion of Colonel Morgan Jones q
committee Of FIVE WAS appointed to soil
cis subscriptions. the following being ap
pointed: Colonel R. (. Msddox, Colonel
J. P. Smith, Captain + B. Harold, "
A. Huffman and j. ". Burgess. The
meeting then adjourned subjsct TO cal
oy the president.
A number Of subscriptions to the CAPT
tai stock have already beer
made, one citizen taking 5000
and this before the committee
has gone TO work. is understood thai
the railroad companies interested have
taken 500, 600 Of the capital stock and
Fort Worth is TO take the otter 100000
In conversation with Colonel Maddox
the secretary of the compuys that gentle
man said the company was strictly busl
ness and thst the days
work was worth hundreds oil
thousands of dollsrs to Fort Worth. He
said they would probably buy an sddi
tional 100 acres CT Land, On which it is
| understood the company has an option,
and the yards will be the most commodi-
Gus, the best drained, the most accessible
and the heslthiest in the country.
Secretary Maddox said further that ef.
| forts would De made at once TO establish
g refrigerator adjoining the stockyards,
and at the next meeting of the board oi
directors this mstier would be brought up
The Fort Worth Union Stockyards will
be prepared to handle cattle, sheep.
| horses, hogs, mules, etc, Snd will make
Fort Worth the greatest live stock market
| OF the southwest. To its stock yards and
packeries Kansas City owes most
OF lis prosperity, ard these
same agencies cannot fail &c
make Fort Worth the greatest and wealth
lest city in Texas. The citizens Of Fort
Worth need no urging to take the stoch
unsubscribed for. They see the benefits
to accrue from this establishment, anC
the sooner the stock is taken the quicker
will the yards be in operation.